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Celebrity Deaths Today in History - Read biographies of the Obituaries of Celebrities. Find Obituaries Today and in History in the Celebrity Deaths section of Tributes.com.en-usLaura Myers, 53 (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/6/4635984_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Laura Myers" title="Laura Myers" /> By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, The Associated PressLAS VEGAS (AP) — Laura Myers, a veteran Associated Press reporter and editor who led the news cooperative's coverage of foreign affairs as the country reeled from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and spent the past five years covering politics for Nevada's largest newspaper, died Friday.The Las Vegas Review-Journal, where Myers had been the newspaper's lead political reporter since 2010, reported that she had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2013....Tributes.comSat, 20 Jun 2015 03:32:56 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Laura-Myers-102588954http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Laura-Myers-102588954
John Carroll, 73 (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/6/4603832_220w.jpeg" alt="John Carroll" title="John Carroll" /> The Associated PressLEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) — John S. Carroll, former editor of the Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Times, which won 13 Pulitzer Prizes during his five-year tenure, has died. He was 73.Carroll died Sunday morning at his home in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was once editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader, said his wife, Lee Carroll. He had been suffering from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare and debilitating neurological disorder.Carroll was editor and senior vice president...Tributes.comFri, 19 Jun 2015 15:05:34 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/John-Carroll-102572956http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/John-Carroll-102572956
Vincent Musetto, 74 (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/5/4578282_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Vincent Musetto" title="Vincent Musetto" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Veteran newspaperman Vincent Musetto, who wrote one of the industry's most famous headlines, died Tuesday at age 74.His family said he died three weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the New York Post reported.Musetto was a longtime news editor and film critic for the Post. He wrote the headline "Headless Body in Topless Bar," which appeared on the newspaper's front page on April 15, 1983, for a story about the killing of a bar owner who was...Tributes.comWed, 10 Jun 2015 02:38:22 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Vincent-Musetto-102559274http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Vincent-Musetto-102559274
Stevenson Jacobs (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/5/4578273_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Stevenson Jacobs" title="Stevenson Jacobs" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Stevenson Jacobs, a former Associated Press journalist who covered political turmoil in Haiti and breaking news throughout the Caribbean before joining the news cooperative's business desk, has died. He was 37.Jacobs, who was a partner and head of business development at the investment fund ShearLink Capital, died from an apparent heart attack Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, according to his wife, Atzin Gaytan. He had started to feel ill the...Tributes.comWed, 10 Jun 2015 02:26:37 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Stevenson-Jacobs-102559272http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Stevenson-Jacobs-102559272
John Derr (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/5/4565115_220w.jpeg" alt="John Derr" title="John Derr" /> The Associated PressPINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — John Derr, who reported from the Masters a record 62 times and broadcast from the 15th green when it first was on television, died of an apparent heart attack, his daughter said Sunday. He was 97.Cricket Gentry said her father watched American Pharoah win the Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown. She went to his house after the race Saturday evening and found him in his chair in front of the TV."It was like he had stood up and said, 'Hooray!'...Tributes.comSun, 07 Jun 2015 22:05:54 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/John-Derr-102551279http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/John-Derr-102551279
Richard A. "Dick" O'Regan, 95 (1919 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/5/4528205_220w.jpeg" alt="Richard A. &quot;Dick&quot; O&#39;Regan" title="Richard A. &quot;Dick&quot; O&#39;Regan" /> The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Richard A. "Dick" O'Regan, who covered some of the biggest stories of the Cold War in a 39-year career as a reporter and executive for The Associated Press, has died. He was 95.O'Regan died at a hospital in Geneva on Monday after suffering a heart attack, according to his son, Kevin.Born in Boston on July 15, 1919, O'Regan launched his journalism career as a teenager working for newspapers in Britain. As he recalled in a 2008 interview, he obtained his first...Tributes.comTue, 02 Jun 2015 21:40:58 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-A.-Dick-O-Regan-102536752http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-A.-Dick-O-Regan-102536752
Ron Bergman (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/5/4503237_220w.jpeg" alt="Ron Bergman" title="Ron Bergman" /> The Associated PressOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Longtime Bay Area sports writer and former Associated Press writer Ron Bergman has died. He was 80.Bergman died Thursday, according to his daughter Anne. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease.Bergman worked for the AP in the 1960s and covered the Beatles' final concert at Candlestick Park in 1966.He later worked for the Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News, covering the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the 1970s and writing a book, ...Tributes.comFri, 29 May 2015 02:41:10 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ron-Bergman-102514590http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ron-Bergman-102514590
Raphael Tenthani (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/4/4436401_220w_2.jpeg" alt="Raphael Tenthani" title="Raphael Tenthani" /> By LYNSEY CHUTEL, The Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) — One of Malawi's most prominent journalists was killed in a car accident, his family said on Sunday.Raphael Tenthani, a contributor for The Associated Press and the BBC, was killed in a car accident outside of Malawi's commercial center Blantyre on Saturday at about 9 p.m., his brother Kizito Tenthani said by telephone.Tenthani, 43, was returning home after visiting his mother about 180 kilometers (about 112 miles) away from his home,...Tributes.comMon, 18 May 2015 20:15:07 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Raphael-Tenthani-102482773http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Raphael-Tenthani-102482773
Ed Fouhy (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/4/4414842_220w.jpeg" alt="Ed Fouhy" title="Ed Fouhy" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Ed Fouhy, a longtime television news executive whose Emmy Award-winning career ranged from producing Walter Cronkite's evening broadcasts to twice overseeing presidential debates, has died.Fouhy died Wednesday at a nursing home in Chatham, Massachusetts, according to his daughter Beth Fouhy, a former Associated Press reporter and now a senior editor at MSNBC. Ed Fouhy was 80 and died from complications relating to cancer.A Boston native who attended the...Tributes.comWed, 13 May 2015 20:50:00 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ed-Fouhy-102468480http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ed-Fouhy-102468480
Josh Ozersky, 47 (1967 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/3/4373875_220w.jpeg" alt="Josh Ozersky" title="Josh Ozersky" /> By J.M. HIRSCH, The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Well-known food critic Josh Ozersky, whose witty and snarky writing generally focused on his obsession with all things meat, has died in Chicago. He was 47.
Ozersky, who was in the city for the James Beard Foundation Awards, was found dead in his room at the Conrad Chicago Hotel on Monday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Authorities said a Tuesday autopsy was inconclusive and the final determination on the cause...Tributes.comWed, 06 May 2015 13:35:39 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Josh-Ozersky-102443251http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Josh-Ozersky-102443251
Dan Farley (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/3/4360344_220w.jpeg" alt="Dan Farley" title="Dan Farley" /> The Associated PressMECHANICSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Dan Farley, an award-winning horse racing writer who covered hundreds of Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup races and was a former president of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association, has died. He was 72.He died Friday in the hospital, according to his wife Betsy. He had been confined to a wheelchair for many years as a result of muscular dystrophy, but it didn't deter him from covering major stakes races in the U.S. and overseas...Tributes.comSat, 02 May 2015 20:18:01 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Dan-Farley-102434496http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Dan-Farley-102434496
Richard Corliss, 71 (1944 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/3/4318975_220w.jpeg" alt="Richard Corliss" title="Richard Corliss" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Richard Corliss, the longtime film critic for Time magazine, has died after suffering a major stroke last week, the magazine said Friday. He was 71."He conveyed nothing so much as the sheer joy of watching movies — and writing about them," Time theater critic Richard Zoglin said in an online tribute to Corliss. "He was a perceptive, invaluable guide through three and a half decades of Hollywood films, stars and trends."In his 35 years as the magazine's...Tributes.comFri, 24 Apr 2015 19:05:16 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-Corliss-102411267http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-Corliss-102411267
Steve Byrnes, 55 (1959 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/3/4309570_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Steve Byrnes" title="Steve Byrnes" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Fox NASCAR announcer Steve Byrnes has died. He was 56.The network said he died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.Byrnes joined Fox Sports in 2001 and served as a pit reporter for its Sprint Cup Series coverage through the 2014 season. He was also a play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports 1's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races and hosted several auto racing shows on the company's channels.Before joining Fox, he was a pit reporter for TNN, CBS and...Tributes.comThu, 23 Apr 2015 16:19:22 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Steve-Byrnes-102404338http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Steve-Byrnes-102404338
Juan Leon (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4286277_220w.jpeg" alt="Juan Leon" title="Juan Leon" /> By CARLOS VALDEZ, The Associated PressLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Juan Leon, a former Associated Press correspondent and press freedom activist who was exiled from his native Bolivia during its 1970s dictatorship and later jailed in a coup, has died at age 72.Leon succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Thursday, his family said.A regular columnist for the La Paz newspaper Pagina Siete and executive secretary of Bolivia's National Press Association in recent years, Leon had joined the AP as a stringer...Tributes.comFri, 17 Apr 2015 20:08:29 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Juan-Leon-102390028http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Juan-Leon-102390028
David L. Pyle (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4269746_220w.jpeg" alt="David L. Pyle" title="David L. Pyle" /> The Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — David L. Pyle, a longtime bureau chief, news editor and reporter during his 33-year career with The Associated Press, has died. He was 61.Pyle, who worked for the news cooperative in five states, most of it as bureau chief in Minnesota and Wisconsin, died at his home Monday in the St. Paul suburb of Apple Valley, according to his son, Christopher Pyle.The Iowa native joined AP as a newsman in Omaha in 1979. He later worked in Dallas and Providence, Rhode...Tributes.comWed, 15 Apr 2015 13:39:39 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/David-L.-Pyle-102378898http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/David-L.-Pyle-102378898
Eduardo Galeano, 74 (1940 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4263619_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Eduardo Galeano" title="Eduardo Galeano" /> By LEONARDO HABERKORN
Associated Press
MONTEVIDEO (AP) — Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, whose "The Open Veins of Latin America" became a classic text for the left in the region and propelled the author to fame, died Monday at age 74.
Galeano had been ill with lung cancer for several months. His death was confirmed by the weekly publication Brecha, where he was a contributor.
Galeano's work inspired several generations of Latin Americans with powerful, acerbic descriptions of...Tributes.comTue, 14 Apr 2015 16:24:21 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Eduardo-Galeano-102375430http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Eduardo-Galeano-102375430
David Laventhol (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4249069_220w_1.jpeg" alt="David Laventhol" title="David Laventhol" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — David Laventhol, an innovative editor and publisher who led Newsday and the Los Angeles Times to expanded, prize-winning coverage, has died at age 81, a longtime associate said Thursday.Howard Schneider, who worked under Laventhol as a reporter and editor at Newsday and is dean of the journalism school at Stony Brook University, said Laventhol's family confirmed that he died Wednesday.He said Laventhol "redefined newspapers in the television age."Tom...Tributes.comFri, 10 Apr 2015 02:47:08 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/David-Laventhol-102364691http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/David-Laventhol-102364691
Madge Stager (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4226283_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Madge Stager" title="Madge Stager" /> By ULA ILNYTZKY, The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Madge Stager, a former New York-based photo editor for The Associated Press who helped direct coverage of the biggest stories around the world over four decades, has died. She was 61.
Stager, who retired in 2009 after 37 years with the AP, died at New York University Hospital on Saturday of pneumonia and complications from the flu, said her husband, Chris Stager.
Stager was a familiar, straight-talking voice to journalists around...Tributes.comMon, 06 Apr 2015 19:35:21 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Madge-Stager-102352677http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Madge-Stager-102352677
Ken Owen (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4160261_220w.jpeg" alt="Ken Owen" title="Ken Owen" /> By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, The Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) — "All offended?" former South African newspaper editor Ken Owen asked an audience of friends and family in a speech marking his 80th birthday.Owen, a tenacious force in journalism in the last years of white racist rule, delivered trademark zingers at the Feb. 21 gathering hosted by his wife, a month before he died of cancer. He warned of a creeping authoritarianism in South Africa's ruling African National Congress and said...Tributes.comTue, 24 Mar 2015 18:39:20 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ken-Owen-102312451http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ken-Owen-102312451
Nick Peters, 75 (1939 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4158580_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Nick Peters" title="Nick Peters" /> By JANIE McCAULEY, The Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nick Peters, a former Spink Award winner who covered the San Francisco Giants for 47 years and loved to mentor young writers, has died. He was 75.Both the Giants and Peters' former employer, the Sacramento Bee, announced that he died Monday at his Northern California home after a long illness.From Hall of Famers Willie Mays to Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda, to more modern stars such as Barry Bonds and Tim Lincecum,...Tributes.comTue, 24 Mar 2015 14:17:23 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Nick-Peters-102309537http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Nick-Peters-102309537
Dorman Cordell (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4156077_220w.jpeg" alt="Dorman Cordell" title="Dorman Cordell" /> The Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Dorman Cordell, who served as chief of several bureaus in his career with The Associated Press, has died at the age of 83.
Frances Cordell says her father died Saturday in hospice in Dallas after an illness.
The Kentucky native began his AP career in 1958. He went on to serve as chief of the AP bureaus for New Jersey, Colorado and Wyoming, Louisiana and Mississippi, and Texas before retiring at age 46 in 1977.
He went on to earn a master's degree...Tributes.comMon, 23 Mar 2015 22:18:38 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Dorman-Cordell-102309139http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Dorman-Cordell-102309139
Lisa Colagrossi (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4149741_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Lisa Colagrossi" title="Lisa Colagrossi" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A veteran New York television reporter has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after covering a story.WABC-TV says 49-year-old Lisa Colagrossi was stricken while returning to the station from a fire scene Thursday. Colagrossi was taken to a hospital, where she died Friday.Colagrossi joined WABC-TV shortly after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. She was previously an anchor for WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida.Colagrossi began her journalism career at...Tributes.comSun, 22 Mar 2015 16:39:52 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Lisa-Colagrossi-102304894http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Lisa-Colagrossi-102304894
Norman Mac Lean, 84 (1930 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4149725_220w.jpeg" alt="Norman Mac Lean" title="Norman Mac Lean" /> The Associated PressWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Norman Mac Lean, a prolific New York-based sports writer and author, amateur hockey league commissioner and managing editor of 25 editions of "Who's Who in Baseball," died Friday. He was 84.Mac Lean's death was confirmed by his son, Norman Alejandro Mac Lean.A gangly, boisterous man, Mac Lean spent over 40 years as a freelance reporter covering sporting events for The Associated Press, Reuters, United Press International and various publications....Tributes.comSun, 22 Mar 2015 16:13:56 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Norman-Mac-Lean-102304877http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Norman-Mac-Lean-102304877
Ira Combs, 61 (1953 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4143227_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Ira Combs" title="Ira Combs" /> The Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ira Combs, a Kentucky sports columnist who also helped found the Joe B. Hall Prep Classic high school boys' basketball tournament, has died. He was 61.Combs collapsed Thursday just outside the KFCYum! Center on his way to pick up credentials for the NCAA Tournament. His brother, Oscar, confirmed to The Associated Press that he died.NCAA President Mark Emmert extended sympathies to Combs' family, friends, colleagues and readers in a statement.Combs,...Tributes.comMon, 23 Mar 2015 13:31:49 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ira-Combs-102301482http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ira-Combs-102301482
Charles S. Rowe, 89 (1925 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4113350_220w.jpeg" alt="Charles S. Rowe" title="Charles S. Rowe" /> The Associated PressFREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Charles S. Rowe, the former editor and co-publisher of The Free Lance-Star and a leading voice for press freedom, has died. He was 89.The Free Lance-Star (http://bit.ly/1MDdG9F) reports that Rowe died Friday at a hospital in Florida.He and his brother, Josiah P. Rowe III, took over as co-publishers of the newspaper after their father died in 1949. He retired in 1997.Rowe served as president of The Associated Press board of directors from 1976...Tributes.comSat, 21 Mar 2015 13:36:49 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Charles-S.-Rowe-102284463http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Charles-S.-Rowe-102284463